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#1 Unread post by Nate84 »

Hello everyone, I am fairly new to the coin collecting world. I have come here in hopes to learn a thing or two when it comes to collecting coins. I feel like i have made alot of basically blind purchases over the last year and have realized that my mistake was simply buying before knowing and so daniel from youtube lead me here to you all 😁.

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Welcome Sir!! Coming from another “Newbie” best advice I can give you right now! Remember why you are here! You are not here to get your “Coin Feelings” rubbed and I’m not saying that being a jerk I’m saying that to prepare you for the wisdom you can receive from some of these guys in this community with their knowledge of coins, or you can be that example of Mr. I’m Attached To My Coin and forget why you came here! I’m just starting my learning process but the reason I’m even replying to this post in the first place is because I’ve seen they will do everything in their power to TEACH you if you will allow them!! With that being said, Nice meeting you Leave your FEELINGS at the door or Mr. Earle42 Fact Checker Will find you a link to them and explain that we don’t care about Mr. Attached Coin’s Feelings, but we do care about coins and the teaching of this knowledge to others that want it! Btw Earle42 just blowing you steam lol!
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welcome!
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#7 Unread post by Earle42 »

Welcome! A lot of us went though the buying before knowing phase you mentioned. But mine was the early 70s, and thankfully I had a Grandfather to temper my enthusiasm (meaning he taught me to be wise in my spending LOL!).

As Jlynn said, we are ready to try to help you help yourself. 🙂
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